Abby10

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1. Feel like I'm too dumb to be a nurse

   Abby10 replied to coconut3431's topic in General Nursing

   Oh honey, if she dropped all the way to 60% with a low blood pressure she's most likely septic and has multiple systems involved. A PO antibiotic an hour or two earlier was not going to change it, maybe a day before. Could you have called the doctor ...

2. Why Do Nurses Quit?

   Abby10 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly I'm trying to leave my current unit because there are so many conflicting policies and then too few on other areas so opinions are so wide. Secondly I can't sleep well any more on 12 hr nights and anywhere that I would want to work is all 12...

3. Possible move to Colorado current outlook

   Abby10 replied to Abby10's topic in Colorado

   My reason for wanting CHCO is that from what the older nurses that I work with in a second job (home care) are telling me is that they got the best training from ones that are well rated or University hospitals. And my current hospital has well piss ...

4. Possible move to Colorado current outlook

   Abby10 replied to Abby10's topic in Colorado

   Thanks for that reassurance. I'm also looking for an idea of pay, can you give me a starting amount and what a night differential would typically be. Thanks!!!

5. Oxygen administration with COPD patients

   Abby10 replied to Krazziekid78's topic in General Nursing

   We had the best masks they were oxymask, open ones so that you could run 1-10L in them and not worry about CO2 retaining because it was just a bit of plastic and a bunch of wholes. And besides the need to have a safe delivery method if a COPDer need ...

6. Possible move to Colorado current outlook

   Abby10 posted a topic in Colorado

   Hey all I am thinking about trying to move to Denver or Colorado Springs for Children's Hospital NICU and their branch in Colorado Springs. I was wondering how hiring is going, staffing and pay. About me I worked 3.5 yrs in adult cardiac before trans...

7. Quest for more cash, what are my options as an RN?

   Abby10 replied to mhy12784's topic in General Nursing

   Find out if there is a location near you that needs specimens for fecal transplants, they pay!

8. Answering Navy Nurse Recruiting Questions

   Abby10 replied to LewisGarza's topic in Government

   So I am thinking about joining the military for many reasons 1 I live in a town that is hard to get movement in the hospital-extra training 2 some of the best nurses I have worked with were military 3 I want to eventually get my masters and would be ...